GLOSSARY xii 
GERMEN, or OVARY, a hollow case at the base of the pistil, which becomes 
the fruit, and is always one or more celled, enclosing the 
ovules. 
GERMINATION, the revival of the embryo from its torpid state, the growth of 
the seed, until the embryo has absorbed all the nutriment 
prepared for it in the cotyledons is the period of germination. 
GIBBOUS, very convex or tumid. 
Gixts, the Hymenium, of Agaricus, the lamelle on which the sporules lie 
in the fungus tribe. 
GLABROUS, smooth. 
GiapzaTus, sword-shaped. 
GLANDULaR (glandulosus), covered with hairs, bearing glands on the apex. 
GLanps, collections of firm cellular tissue, secreting peculiar fluids, they 
are stalked and simple, or compound, or sessile, frequently 
called warts, and there are lenticular glands, brown oval spots 
common upon the bark of many plants. 
GLANS (an acorn), a one celled, one or few seeded, inferior, indehiscent, 
hard, dry fruit, proceeding from an ovyarium, containing 
several cells and several seeds, all of which are abortive but 
one or two; seated in that kind of persistent involucre called 
acupule. Sometimes the gland is solitary and naked above, 
as in the common oak, or it is entirely enclosed in the 
cupule, as in the common beech and sweet chesnut. 
Guaucous (glaucus), covered with a fine bloom, like a cabbage leaf, sea 
; green. 
GLoBOSE (globosus), forming nearly a true sphere. 
Giuma (a husk of corn), the exterior covering in the florets of grasses. 
GLUMELLA, the second covering or corolla of the florets of grasses or gluma- 
ceous plants. 
GLUMELLULES, the innermost scales of the florets of glumaceous plants. 
GLUTINOSUS, viscid, covered with a glutinous exndation. 
GNAWED (erosus). See erosus. 
GRANULAR (granulatus), divided into little knobs or knots, as on the roots 
of Saxifraga granulata, &c. 
GrRumMovs (grumosus), clusters of little grains. 
Gum, a natural exudation from some trees; it is soluble in water, but is 
insoluble in alcohol, ether, and oil. 
GuUTTATUS, spotted. 
GyRatus, the same as circinate. 
GynanpDrous, having the stamens and style combined in one body, as 
orchises, 
H. 
HaLBERT-HEADED (hastatus), abruptly enlarged at the base into two acute 
lobes, diverging so as to form a halbert-shape. 
HALF-TERETE (semiteres), flat ou one side, round or terete on the other. 
Hatvep (dimidiatus), one half or partially formed; the name given toa 
leaf, anther, &c., when only one half is perfected. 
Hair-PoINTED (piliferous), terminating in a very fine weak hair-like point. 
HaIR-SHAPED (eapillaris), resembling a hair. 
